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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ZOOMORPHISM NARRATIVE LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE LITTLE BIRD MOTHS ATTRIBUTES IN THE CHARACTERS OF MOTH SMOKE BY MOHSIN HAMID

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-IV).01      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-IV).01      Published : Dec 2022

Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid

Abstract

    Zoomorphism is the literary Greek language term used for animal characteristics in people, divine creatures, and lifeless things that are not animals but act like animals. This research paper deeply analyzes the text of "Moth Smoke" which is written by Mohsin Hamid. The present research aims to explore how Zoomorphistic interpretations are created in literary content. The study uncovered the secret nature which is hidden in the habits, manners, and attitudes of the characters which whom they work in the story. The complete text of Mohsin Hamid's novel, "Moth Smoke" (MS), is the primary data analysis source. The researchers investigated the flying little bird Moth's attributes which exist in the various characters of the novel as applied to "humanized" animals. The present study presumes that the zoomorphism strategy can work as an analytical tool in the linguistics analysis of literary text which also can work as a useful systematic analytical tool for the consideration of a scholarly text of the novel's characters in Moth Smoke with the instinct of Moth.

    Zoomorphism Narrative Technique, Greek Literary Term, Animal-Like Quality, Humanized Animal, Little Bird Moth

    (1) Sana Nazir Ahmed
    Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, English Language Center, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Abrar Ajmal
    Assistant Professor, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Adeel Khalid
    Lecturer, English Language and Literature, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Ahmed, S. N., Ajmal, A., & Khalid, A. (2022). Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. Global Language Review, VII(IV), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-IV).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ahmed, Sana Nazir, Abrar Ajmal, and Adeel Khalid. 2022. "Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid." Global Language Review, VII (IV): 1-10 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-IV).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : AHMED, S. N., AJMAL, A. & KHALID, A. 2022. Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. Global Language Review, VII, 1-10.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ahmed, Sana Nazir, Abrar Ajmal, and Adeel Khalid. 2022. "Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid." Global Language Review, VII: 1-10

MLA

    MLA : Ahmed, Sana Nazir, Abrar Ajmal, and Adeel Khalid. "Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid." Global Language Review, VII.IV (2022): 1-10 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ahmed, Sana Nazir, Ajmal, Abrar, and Khalid, Adeel (2022), "Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid", Global Language Review, VII (IV), 1-10

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ahmed, Sana Nazir, Abrar Ajmal, and Adeel Khalid. "Critical Analysis of Zoomorphism Narrative Language Technique: Little Bird Moth's attributes in the Characters of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid." Global Language Review VII, no. IV (2022): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-IV).01